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New Year's resolution to overcome information overload: Commonplace books

New Year's resolution to overcome information overload: Commonplace books

People have been complaining about information overload since antiquity. For example, in the first century AD, The Roman writer Seneca said that “the abundance of books is distraction.” With the invention of the printing press, the flood of information became even more unmanageable, and now information is being disseminated faster
jopo Jan 1, 2023
How to deal with your unexciting life: Reading Stoner by John Williams

How to deal with your unexciting life: Reading Stoner by John Williams

This novel is thought-provoking for a modern audience because we confront the threat of nihilism by trying so hard to be somebody, to differentiate ourselves from people in the past, and from the repetitive nature of the work we do.
jopo Dec 27, 2022

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